Canon Digital IXUS i digital camera review : Canon announced a massive introduction at the end of August 2005; from digital compact cameras to digital SLRs completed with an entire range of printers. In between all these new products, the Canon Digital IXUS i5 received a brother, the Digital IXUS i Zoom. This beautifully designed digital camera is completely designed in the same style we see on the successful IXUS series of digital cameras. The camera is accommodated in a solid compact housing and stunningly finished with a beetroot colour. The compact size does have some consequences for the size of the monitor, but you do get a beauty of a digital camera with the size of a cell phone in return.

Canon Digital i Zoom lens
The Canon IXUS i Zoom is equipped with a small zoom lens with a 2.4x optical range. In addition it's featured with a 5.0 Megapixel CCD and of course equipped with Canon's strong trump the DIGIC II processor which will offer the Canon i Zoom sufficient power to deliver a nice performance. The camera is standard delivered with a so-called Camera Station that makes a fixed connection to the computer, printer and television extremely easy. Besides that, the Digital IXUS i ZOOM has the advantage, compared to the IXUS i5, of an optical zoom and an improved users interface.

Canon IXUS i - Second generation DIGIC II processor
It's quite amazing that Canon was able to equip a camera like the Canon Digital IXUS i Zoom with the second generation DIGIC II processor. This processor is without a doubt a surplus value for this camera and guarantees improvement concerning the speed in which the complicated editing algorithms are measured. Besides that the DIGIC II processor has to be able to keep the overall image quality on a high level without having this influencing the general performance of the camera. Look at the faster startup time and the higher processing speed of storing the images, and you can't deny the fact that your holding a combination in your hands that is guaranteed to be successful.

Canon Digital IXUS i Zoom review
We tested whether this theory is proved to be true in practice. Canon takes their task as leader in the field of digital photography very seriously. And however the design is a strong point on the new Canon Digital IXUS i Zoom, Canon realizes that quality has to go hand in hand with the design in order to be able to continue the success of the Digital IXUS line. The following Canon Digital IXUS i Zoom review will get you acquainted with the performance of Canon's new showpiece.

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